United States v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company
GPTKB entity
Properties (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
court case
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| gptkbp:applicationNumber |
Docket No. 1
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| gptkbp:caseOutcome |
prompted legislative reforms in railroad regulation
affected public policy on transportation contributed to the debate on corporate personhood highlighted issues of economic regulation influenced public perception of railroads influenced the development of antitrust laws led to increased scrutiny of railroad practices reflected tensions between state and federal authority highlighted the role of the judiciary in economic matters set a standard for future corporate litigation set precedent for corporate tax exemptions influenced_future_Supreme_Court_decisions demonstrated_the_power_of_the_Supreme_Court Southern_Pacific_Railroad_Company_not_subject_to_federal_tax contributed_to_the_evolution_of_federalism_in_the_U.S. shaped_the_landscape_of_American_business_law |
| gptkbp:caseTypes |
constitutional law
No. 1, 1886 |
| gptkbp:citedBy |
118 U.S. 394
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| gptkbp:court |
gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
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| gptkbp:decidedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court
1886 |
| gptkbp:historicalContext |
rise of the railroad industry
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| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
landmark_case_in_U.S._legal_history
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
United States v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company
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| gptkbp:impact |
federal regulation of railroads
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| gptkbp:involved |
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Southern_Pacific_Railroad_Company |
| gptkbp:judges |
reversed lower court decision
affirmed rights of corporations limited federal power over state taxation dissent_by_Justice_John_Marshall_Harlan majority_opinion_by_Justice_Stephen_J._Field |
| gptkbp:legalStatus |
gptkb:post-Civil_War_America
equal protection under the law taxation of railroad property shaped federal-state relations influenced state taxation policies attorneys_for_the_United_States attorneys_for_Southern_Pacific_Railroad_Company |
| gptkbp:outcome |
Supreme_Court_ruled_in_favor_of_Southern_Pacific_Railroad
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| gptkbp:precedent |
future tax cases
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| gptkbp:relatedPatent |
gptkb:Southern_Pacific_Co._v._Arizona
gptkb:Chicago,_Burlington_&_Quincy_Railroad_Co._v._Illinois gptkb:Atchison,_Topeka_and_Santa_Fe_Railway_Co._v._United_States gptkb:Wabash,_St._Louis_&_Pacific_Railway_Co._v._Illinois |
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
railroad regulation
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| gptkbp:significance |
established precedent for taxation of interstate commerce
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